Improvement in sash-holders



D; RKE' PPE; Sash- Holder.

No. 196,153. Patented Oct. 16,1877.

ATTORNEYS.

:FETERS, PNOTO-LlTl-IOGRAPMER WASHINGTON, 0 C4 PATENT OEEIo DANIEL F.KEEFFE, OF GLEN S FALLS, NEW YORK.

-IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,153, dated October16, 1877 application filed September 14, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL F. KEEFEE, of Glens Falls, in the county oflVarren and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedWindow-Sash Holder, of which the following is a specification:

substantially as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the annexed drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section through parts ofa window-sash and its frame, showing the improved holder fitted into thelatter. Fig. 2 is an end view of the holder. fig; 3 is a section takenthrough the holder in the plane indicated, by dotted line as w on Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates part of a window; frame, and B part of t awindow-sash. 0 represents a plug or case, which is screw-threaded partof its length, and constructed with a large slot or opening through itdiametrically, and

also with aslot, a, through one end, which is rectangular in form. Theplug 0 is slightly tapering, and its entering end is threadless. Ddesignates a flanged bearing-frame, which receives the pintle of aroller, E, and which is constructed with a stud, e, 011 its ellipticalbottom. The stud 0 receives the end of a spring, S, which is compressedbetween the said frame D and the bottom of the plug.

The plug, with its pressure-roller, acted on by a spring, is screwedinto' the frame A or sash B, so as to act by the pressure of spring S onthe vertical surface of either one or the other, and by friction to holdthe sash safely at any desired height.

It is obvious that the pressure can be increased or diminished,according to the weight 'of the sash, by adjusting the plug 0.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The screw-threaded and slotted plug or case 0, bar ingcombined with it the bearing-frame D, in combination with the-stud e andhelical spring S, substantially in the manner and for the purposedescribed.

SAML. M. PALMER, M. V. AMEs.

